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The world’s largest advanced economies’ decision to isolate Russia may have severed a key link between Moscow and the Western world after nearly two decades, but leaders left the door open for Russia to one day return to its chair in the Group of Eight—should it reverse course in Ukraine. Group of Seven leaders also agreed to implement punitive sanctions on Russia’s energy, banking, finance and arms industries until Moscow dials back its plans for Crimea. Read More »

Leaders of the world’s top advanced economies called on Russia to “immediately halt” efforts to annex Ukraine’s Crimea. Here is the statement of the G-7 leaders on Ukraine, as released by the White House:

We, the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, the President of the European Council and the President of the European Commission, call on the Russian Federation to cease all efforts to change the status of Crimea contrary to Ukrainian law and in violation of international law. We call on the Russian Federation to immediately halt actions supporting a referendum on the territory of Crimea regarding its status, in direct violation of the Constitution of Ukraine. Read More »

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